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MSNBC's Tucker Carlson supports terrorist violence
During the June 22, 2005, edition of his MSNBC show, The Situation with Tucker Carlson, Mr. Carlson stated that he has always respected France for blowing up the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior. The Rainbow Warrior was blown up in Auckland Harbor by French agents on July 10, 1985.

From "The Situation with Tucker Carlson,"
MSNBC, June 22, 2005

CARLSON: I am objectively pro-France. You know, France blew up the Rainbow Warrior, that Greenpeace ship in Auckland Harbor in the '80s. And I've always respected them . . .

MADDOW: That made you like them?

CARLSON: Yes. Yes. It won me over.

Fernando Pereira, the ship's photographer, drowned below deck, leaving behind two young children. The bombing was later proven to be an act of state-sponsored terrorism sanctioned by the French government. Two of the agents involved were charged and sent to prison. . . . On July 28, 2005, John Passacantando wrote to Neal Shapiro, president of NBC/MSNBC News, and to Bill Wolff, executive producer of the "Situation with Tucker Carlson", demanding that the network hold Tucker Carlson accountable for his remarks and fire him. . . . On the afternoon of August 3, Mr. Carlson telephoned John. Far from apologizing or retracting his remark, he was defiant. He insisted that the French government's action was "vandalism," not terrorism, adding that "“vandalizing the ship was impressive on France's part." He referred to Greenpeace acts of civil protest, such as blocking entrances as "vandalism", but he declined to respond when asked whether he would consider Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi to be vandals. He also declined to answer when asked whether he was proud of what he said and whether he would say it again. Instead, he concluded the call by saying, "I am not hanging up. I am returning the handset to the cradle."

[COMMENT by Lorenzo: Oh, now that's really acting like an adult, Tucker. . . . Personally, I think Tucker Carlson has violated several provisions of the anti-Patriot Act and should be sent to Guantanamo Bay prison for the rest of his sad, sick life. What a despicablepicable person that moron Carlson is.]

posted by LoZo 10:58 AM